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Posts tagged with "aung san suu kyi"
We will do everything we can, British PM assures Suu Kyi
Jun. 21 | British Prime Minister David Cameron has written an open letter to Aung San Suu Kyi. The pro-democracy leader turned 65 on 19 June, and has spent 14 of the last 20 years under house arrest in Burma for advocating democracy and respect for human rights...
Impose economic and diplomatic sanctions against Myanmar: ASEAN lawmakers
Apr. 7 | Asean should impose economic and diplomatic sanctions against Myanmar for ignoring calls to commit to free and fair elections, a group of Asean lawmakers said Wednesday. Myanmar should also be immediately suspended from Asean and its expulsion considered,...
Singapore company to lay Burma pipeline
Nov. 28 | A marine engineering company in Singapore has signed a multimillion dollar contract to lay pipeline off the shores of Burma next year. Voice of America
2100 by 2010: Burma’s forgotten political prisoners
Sep. 18 | Human Rights Watch is pressing for the release of some 2,100 political prisoners in Burma by 2010. To learn more or take action: http://www.hrw.org/free-burmas-prisoners
Thousands of Burmese flee into China
Aug. 31 | Ethnic Chinese refugees camp on the border with Myanmar to escape fighting between Burmese troops and local militia groups. (Reuters video)
After the ostentatious outrage & condemnation, what now?
Aug. 18 | I wondered if Suu Kyi feels bitter, I wondered if she feels mocked by the rest of the world when she hears international condemnation again, and knows nothing will happen as a result. Frida Ghitis, “How bad does Burma have to get?”
S’pore supports call for amnesty for Aung San Suu Kyi, says George Yeo
Aug. 16 | The following is a doorstop interview with Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr George Yeo, and the visiting Foreign Minister of Thailand, Mr Khun Kasit. TOC thanks Mr Ephraim Loy for allowing us to publish the transcript and pictures which...
British PM calls for world-wide ban on arms sale to Burma
Aug. 13 | The following article is written by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. TOC thanks Mr Brown for allowing us to publish it here. (Picture from Magnum Photos.) (Read also: Shame on you, ASEAN by the Jakarta Post). Aung San Suu Kyi at her home where she’s...
Is Burma going to be Southeast Asia’s Iran or North Korea?
Aug. 11 | One of the estimated 800 tunnels currently being built in Burma. (Read more about it here.) Gerald Giam Asean’s policy of non-interference in member states’ internal affairs has been taken to the extreme to mean closing a blind eye to just about...
Aung San Suu Kyi found guilty, sentenced to 3 years
Aug. 11 | From The Guardian: Aung San Suu Kyi will spent the next year and a half in detention after a court today found the Burmese pro-democracy leader guilty of breaking the terms of her house arrest. Reports from the Burmese capital, Rangoon, said the court...
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi – my inspiration to be my father’s daughter
Aug. 8 | Jewel Philemon “As my father’s daughter, I felt I had duty to get involved in this struggle,” said Daw Aung San Suu Kyi when she made up her mind to give up her idyllic life at Oxford University and rededicate it to a non-violent movement...
8.8.88 Anniversary: Burma – a bloody history
Aug. 8 | Today marks the 21st anniversary of the uprising in Burma in 1988. It was led by Burmese students against the military government. 3,000 were massacred by the junta. (For more details, see here.) Andrew Loh In 1948, after the Second World War, Burma...
SM Goh says Aung San Suu Kyi “part of the problem” in Burma
Aug. 7 | Mr Goh also touched on the situation in Myanmar. He said while pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen by the West as the solution, she is also “part of the problem” because she believes she is the government. Channelnewsasia, repoting...
George Yeo is mistaken about Burma’s history
Aug. 4 | John Moe I refer to the article published by The Online Citizen (TOC) on Sunday, 2 August 2009, reported by Ravi Philemon under the title, “George Yeo’s Meet the People Session at McDonald’s”. According to the TOC report, Mr Yeo made some ...
George Yeo’s Meet the People Session at McDonald’s
Aug. 2 | Ravi Philemon The flyer hyped it as “Coffee Shop Talk with Minister George Yeo” and the talk was supposed to be on the title, “The Economy and You – How we are coping and how we will progress”. I went to the “talk” about 15 minutes late,...
All talk, no traction
Jul. 25 | Report from The Irrawaddy: International gatherings like the ones held on the Thai resort island of Phuket last week are seldom much more than talk shops. The ministers who attended the Asean Ministerial Meeting (AMM) and the Asean Regional Forum (ARF)...
An extraordinary film – Burma VJ
Jul. 13 | The film will be screened in Singapore on July 16. Please see below for details. “This film BURMA VJ is comprised largely by material shot by undercover reporters in Burma. Some elements of the film have been reconstructed in close collaboration...
In unity for her liberty
Jun. 2 | About 400 people gathered at Hong Lim Park last Saturday to support the call for the release of Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The event was organized by Singaporean NGO, Maruah. The following video is by Patrick Chng.
